Five held in Punta Arenas cannabis delivery raids; 500 g and a gun seized
PDI detectives raided several homes in Punta Arenas and detained five people accused of selling cannabis sativa by delivery. Officers seized about 500 grams of marijuana, indoor growing gear, a firearm with ammunition, cash and phones. Four were held for formalisation; the fifth was placed under a regional residence order after showing a medical cannabis prescription.
Detectives of the PDI and prosecutors in Punta Arenas detained five people on 4 September 2026
accused of running a group that sold cannabis sativa to homes in the regional capital, a method the
outlets call “delivery”.[1][2]The five — Fernanda Aguilar Cárcamo, Sergio Peña Bustos, Franco
Vásquez Vargas, Moisés Haro Nancuante and José Luis Rodríguez Barrera — were taken before the
Juzgado de Garantía of Punta Arenas.[1][2]
In raids on the properties the group used, detectives seized about 500 grams of marijuana, indoor
cultivation equipment, a firearm with ammunition, cash and mobile phones.[1][2]ITV Patagonia also
reported that cannabis plants and cocaine were found in some of the homes and firearms and
ammunition in another.[2]
Prosecutors asked for the detention of four of them to be extended while forensic tests were
completed; Magistrate Franco Reyes granted the request, and their formalisation was set for Monday
7 September.[1][2]The fifth, José Luis Rodríguez Barrera, was formalised at the same hearing by
chief prosecutor Johanna Irribarra.[1][2]He presented a medical prescription for regulated cannabis
consumption, and the court imposed a regional residence order (arraigo regional) instead of
pre-trial detention.[1][2]
Photos and video
Detainees in the Punta Arenas delivery case at the Juzgado de Garantía, photographed through a doorway. Photo: El Pingüino.Photo details
The sources do not give a total value for the drugs seized or a breakdown of the different substances.
No formalisation outcome or trial result for the four whose detention was extended was reported.
El Pingüino's account centres on cannabis, while ITV Patagonia also reports cannabis plants, cocaine, firearms and ammunition; no complete inventory was published.
The five were named but their ages were not given.
The video embedded in El Pingüino's report could not be watched, so what it shows is not described here.
Detectives of the PDI's MT-0 team in Parral arrested a man and a woman after searching three properties where, police said, drugs were sold. Officers seized 1,632.59 grams of cannabis and 3.82 grams of cocaína base; the man was charged with trafficking and held in pre-trial detention, while the woman was charged with microtráfico.
PDI detectives of the Modelo Territorial Cero team raided four properties in the Población Carol Urzúa, Puente Alto, detaining seven people, three of them linked to a family group called Los Chócolos. Officers seized cocaine, ketamine, cannabis and controlled medicines together, without publishing a separate cannabis weight.
Carabineros officers and the Maipú prosecutor's office raided a home used as a retail drug sales point in Población Los Héroes, Maipú, and detained two people. Officers seized 600 grams of marijuana along with coca paste, cocaine hydrochloride, 122,000 pesos in cash and a loaded firearm magazine.
PDI detectives raided three homes in Cerro Navia, Estación Central and Renca on 4 November 2026 and detained four people in an inquiry into ammunition sold to criminal groups. The main suspect was charged with ammunition and drug trafficking, and all four were ordered into pretrial detention.
